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Born: 2/21/1934

Biography: Graduating cum laude from the University of Tulsa, Rue McClanahan studied acting with Uta Hagen and at the Perry-Mansfield school. After her professional debut with a Pennsylvania stock company in 1957, McClanahan headed to New York, where between acting gigs she worked as a …

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Back to You and Me [Movie] as Helen

2005

The Fighting Temptations [Movie] as Mrs. Stringer

2003

Miracle Dogs [Movie]

2003

Touched By an Angel: Shallow Water, Part 1 [TV Series] as Lila Winslow

2001

Touched By an Angel: Shallow Water, Part 2 [TV Series] as Lila Winslow

2001

Nuncrackers [Movie] as Reverend Mother

2001

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Baby of the Bride [Movie]

1991

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Revamped Flatwoods returns full of 'Nunsense'

07/01/09 After a five-month hiatus, Flatwoods Productions is back ? with a new direction and a new name. | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
TV pioneer Betty White brings fun to films

06/20/09 White, who had been married twice before, kept turning him down ? she was happily dating someone else. | Sun-Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale FL
DVD Extra: Dorothy Goes Blu-ray

06/10/09 Now, the colorful characters and unforgettable songs of Oz come alive as never before when Warner Home Video brings this cinematic treasure into the digital age with the September 29 Blu-ray release of The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition. | Lou Lumenick On Film
DVDs salute comedy pioneer Lear

06/04/09 Modern TV producers complaining about the skittishness of the broadcast networks regularly claim that if Norman Lear were pitching "All in the Family" today, he could never get it on the air. | The Denver Post - Denver CO
Revamped Flatwoods returns full of 'Nunsense'

06/03/09 After a five-month hiatus, Flatwoods Productions is back ? with a new direction and a new name. | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Rue McClanahan looking to premiere new one-woman show in Chicago

05/19/09 The new productions at Steppenwolf and Chicago Shakes both aim to be extreme Shakespeare—and extremely human. | The Theater Loop - Chicago Tribune
Celebrations to mark Pittsburg arts building s 50th anniversary

05/12/09 It took some enhancements to maintain its figure, but Pittsburg's Creative Arts Building is still looking good approaching its 50th birthday. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Bea Arthur also saved animals (as do her 'girls')

05/10/09 The late Bea Arthur was, among other things, a comedic genius, feminist icon, and beloved American actress of stage and screen. | TV Squad
Bea Arthur also saved animals (as do her 'girls')

05/10/09 ON AOL TELEVISION The late Bea Arthur was, among other things, a comedic genius, feminist icon, and beloved American actress of stage and screen. | TV Squad
For a Good Fugging Cause

05/08/09 Don't ask me how you get a jigger of a t-shirt, or a splash of a boot but I'm sure it can be done, even if t-shirts aren't quite as easily poured into measuring utensils, as, say, vodka. | Go Fug Yourself
"Golden Girls" Reflect on Bea Arthur

04/28/09 (CBS/ AP) Actresses Rue McClanahan and Betty White, co-stars of "The Golden Girls" reflected on The Early Show on Monday what they will miss about their friend and co-star Bea Arthur, who died Saturday at the age of 86. | CBS News
"Golden Girls" Reflect on Bea Arthur

04/28/09 (CBS/ AP) Actresses Rue McClanahan and Betty White, co-stars of "The Golden Girls" reflected on The Early Show on Monday what they will miss about their friend and co-star Bea Arthur, who died Saturday at the age of 86. | TheShowBuzz
Rue McClanahan Shoots Down Larry King?s PETA Comment

04/28/09 No. I think they do it exactly the way it should be done. | Ecorazzi
In Memoriam

04/27/09 | Perez Hilton
pop nosh: rue mcclanahan on bea arthur

04/27/09 rue mcclanahan talks fondly about her long-time friend and co-star bea arthur EW's popwatch � if you want a touch of high class at your next party - just invite jodie marsh! hollywood tuna � oh my word - britney spears needs to make sure her tampon string is tucked in! | Pop Bytes
RIP Bea Arthur: The World Loses An Outspoken Animal-Lover

04/27/09 "An honorary PETA director and the winner of multiple PETA Humanitarian Awards, Bea Arthur joined PETA in 1987, when the Golden Girls did an anti-fur episode and Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Betty White filmed a PETA anti-fur PSA on the set of the show. | Ecorazzi
Betty White & Rue McClanahan Remember Bea Arthur

04/27/09 | Pink is the new Blog
What We Learned: Eight excuses for teams that got bounced (Yahoo! Sports)

04/27/09 By this time tomorrow, it's entirely likely that all but two first-round series will be over (and really, does anyone think the Rangers or Hurricanes have even the slightest chance of winning?). | The Sacramento Union - Sacramento CA
Bea Arthur, star of 'Golden Girl' and 'Maude,' Arthur dies at 86

04/25/09 Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actor whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows Maude and The Golden Girls , died Saturday at her Los Angeles home of cancer. | St Petersburg Times - St Petersburg FL
Golden Girl Bea Arthur Dies

04/25/09 Arthur had been battling cancer, although her spokesperson declined to give further details about her death. | E! Online
Celebrity Birthdays, February 21

02/20/09 Happy Birthday to Welsh singer Charlotte Church (1986), " Ghost Whisperer " actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), actor William Baldwin (1963), " Blue Lagoon " actor Christopher Atkins (1961), country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958), " Frasier " star Kelsey Grammer (1955), " CSI " star William Petersen (1953), stage & screen actress Christine Ebersole (1953), Talking Head Jerry Harrison (1949), " Harry Potter " actor Alan Rickman (1946), " Star Wars " droid Anthony Daniels (1946), " Judging Amy " actress Tyne Daly (1946), record and movie producer David Geffen (1943), " Golden Girl " Rue McClanahan (1934), singer Nina Simone (1933; d. 2003), " The Wild Bunch " director Sam Peckinpah (1925; d. 1984), and screen siren Ann Sheridan (1915; d. 1967). | Starpulse

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